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Run comes to us through Aneesh Chaganty, who wrote and directed a movie I really liked in 2018 called Searching. I’ve been highly anticipating this movie ever since I heard of it, and it featured on a couple of top-ten … Continued

Well, I wanted to watch Raya and the Last Dragon today, but silly me didn’t realise that Disney+ had the ‘Premier Access’ paywall up, and fuck that if I’m going to pay an extra $34 for streaming – so The … Continued

Zendaya and John David Washington. John David Washington and Zendaya. I’m keen, whichever way you slice it. I’m late to this, but Foxtel keeps advertising Euphoria and emphasising that Zendaya is exceptional, although I haven’t seen it for myself; and … Continued

It was around this time last year that I was sitting in the cinema with a Tom Hanks movie in front of me; A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood. And here I am again, for News of the World. I … Continued

If Principal Skinner was writing this introduction, he would probably say something like, ‘all upcoming readers that liked The Dig will be rewarded, with a movie review about an archaeological dig. Conversely, anyone who did not like this movie will … Continued

Well, the thigh bone’s connected to the hip bone. The hip bone’s connected to the backbone – which pieces of a woman are we talking about here? I’ve quickly fallen behind in some reviews for 2021, but anyone who knows … Continued

I keep calling this movie ‘Big Mamma’s Black Ass’; what is it actually called? Oh, I’m not far off. Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom is looking like high priority viewing with award season in mind, and the last movie I’ll sneak … Continued

Changing the lyrics and singing ‘Shake your Prom-Prom’ > ‘Shake Your Bon-Bon’ by Ricky Martin. Changing the lyrics and singing ‘The Prom Song’ > ‘The Thong Song’ by Sisqo. I have spoken. Barry Glickman (James Corden) and Dee Dee Allen … Continued

What the hell, Netflix! Mank comes out and it doesn’t come up as a featured new release? Mank is directed by David Fincher, one of the best directors going around. It also stars the third most recent Best Actor Oscar … Continued

Ok, I saw the first Christmas Chronicles when it first came out, back in the day (2018), but I don’t remember a lick about it. I have to Wikipedia the plot to get back up to speed and refresh my … Continued